1. reserve (land), land reserve.
Ka tohua kia rahi atu ngā whenua tāpui me ngā mahinga kai mā Ngāi Tahu me ōna whakatipuranga (TTR 1990:113). / Larger reserves as well as areas where food was produced or gathered were to be set aside for Ngāi Tahu and future generations.
Synonyms: porohita, wāhi porohita
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
